scanty
scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
meager; not adequate.
lacking amplitude in extent or compass.
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
Origin of scanty
1synonym study For scanty
Opposites for scanty
Other words from scanty
- scant·i·ly, adverb
- scant·i·ness, noun
- un·scant·y, adjective
Words Nearby scanty
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How to use scanty in a sentence
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Others donned Berlusconi masks or carried signs with “No Lie Zone” and photos of young women in scanty costumes.
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Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonHe had received the scanty education generally bestowed upon the sons of small yeomen at the beginning of the present century.
The World Before Them | Susanna Moodie
He was a fat, heavy man of about fifty years of age, and his scanty hair was turning grey.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeIt had been very scanty information and late in its arrival—too late to enable the master manhunter to block the plan.
The scanty income she had saved from her mother's property rendered it necessary for her to live with the utmost frugality.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for scanty
/ (ˈskæntɪ) /
limited; barely enough; meagre
insufficient; inadequate
lacking fullness; small
Derived forms of scanty
- scantily, adverb
- scantiness, noun
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